Gas range or cooking stove



March 17, 1925.

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Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

UNITED STATES.

HENRY LANGE, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

GAS RANGE on coo xrne s'rovn Application filed August 16, 1924. SerialNo. 732,492.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY LANGE, a citizen of United States, residing atQuincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Gas Ranges or Cooking Stoves, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe ac companying drawing.

The present invention relates to gas ranges or cooking stoves, and aimsto provide a novel and improved cooking top structure which eliminatesthe usual top frame, for purpose of economy, and which provides forother advantages.-

Modern gas ranges and cooking stoves include a burner box at one sideof'the oven and broiler, with. a cooking top frame secured on the burnerbox for holding and supporting the griddles or top sections, which maybe of the open or closed type, and such top frame also serves as asupport for the gas manifold or supply pipe. The cooking top frame isnot only an item of expense in the manufacture of the range or stove,but also has other objections. The present invention eliminates the useof a cooking top frame, to reduce the cost of manufacture, and thegriddles or top sections constitute in themselves the entire cooking topwithout a special supporting frame such as ordinarily used. The griddlesare readily removed so as to completely open the burner box for accessto the burners and other parts, and to also enable the burner box to bereadily cleaned out.

Another object is the provision of a novel cooking top structure whereinthe griddles or. top sections are supported from the walls of the burnerbox and from the gas manifold or supply pipe and its supports, toprovide a simple, practical and efficient arrangement.

A further object is the provision of novel means for mounting the gasmanifold or supply pipe so that it and its supporting means can assistin supporting the griddles or top sections.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, which will be apparent asthe description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, it beingunderstood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed,without departing from the spirit of the inven'iuon.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a perspective view of a gas range or cooking stove showingthe improved cooking top structure embodied therein.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cooking top structure, portions beingbroken away and shown in section.

Figs. 8, at, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are vertical sec tions on the respectivelines, 3-3, 4 a, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, 88 and 99 of Fig. 2.

A. conventional form of gas range or cooking stove is illustrated in thedrawings, and

the body thereof is composed of the oven 1-1,

broiler 15 beneath the oven, and the burnerbox 16 atone side of theoven-and broiler.

vAs shown, the burner box is at the left hand side of the broiler, butthe burner box may be at the opposite side, ranges and cooking stovesbeing made both ways and it will be understood that the top structurecan be made for use at the right side of the oven and broiler as well asat the left side thereof.

The burner box 16 has the outer side wall 17 and the rear or back wall18, the front of the box being open, and the adjacent side wall of thebroiler 15 forming the inner side wall of said box. I 1

The cooking top consists of the griddles or top sections 19 and 20.which are dis posed side by side, and which extend throughout the areaof the top proper, without being disposed within a surrounding top.

frameas usually employed. The griddles may be of the open or closedtype, being shown as open, and said griddles are preferably cast fromsuitable metal. Said griddlesextend across the burner box 16, and thewalls 17. and 18 of said box are provided at their upper edges with theinturned flanges 21 andv 22 to assist in supporting said griddles. Thus,the rear ends of the griddles seat on the flange 22 of the rear or backwall 18, while the outer edge portion of the, griddle 20 seats on theflange 21. p

The gas manifold or supply pipe 23 and its supports are used to assistin supporting the griddles. The manifold or pipe 23 extends across thefront of the burner box 16 as usual, and has the gas valves 24:connected thereto from which the mlxing tubes or or pipe by hangersfromthe cooking top frame, but in the present constructionthe manifoldor pipe is supported by the burner box and assists in supporting thetop, thereby reversing the arrangement as generally used heretofore.

One end of the manifold or pipe 23 is screw-threaded or otherwiseengaged with a supporting bracket 27 that is fastened by bolts 28 orotherwise to the body of the range or stove at-the-forward edge of-thepartition between the broiler 15 and box 16. Said bracket 27 projectsforwardly from the body and has an integral cap 29 into which the end ofthe manifold or pipe is engaged, so as to close said end of themanifold, as well as to support same. A pipe 30 extends rearwardly fromthe other end ofthe manifold 23 and is located at the inner side of thewall 17, the adjacent ends of the manifold 23 and pipe 30 beingconnected by an elbow 31. Said pipe 30 is supported from the wall-l7 soas to assist the bracket 27 in supporting the manifold 23 rigidly infront of the burner box. Thus, a corner post 32 is disposed at the frontedge of the wall 17, and said edge of the wall has an inturned flange 33against which the post 32 is secured by bolts 34 or other securingelements. The post 32 has an opening or aperture 35 through which thepipe 30 extends for supporting said pipe.

The wall 17 also carries a clamp or bracket 36 for holding the pipe 30firmly in place. This clamp or bracket 36 comprises the sections 37 and38 secured together and to the wall 17 by clamping bolts 39 or othersecuring elements. The section 38 has a loop 40 extending around thepipe 30, and the section 37 has the notched seat 41 fitting the pipe 30,so that-the pipe-is clamped between the loop 40 and seat 41, thereby notonly supporting the pipe from the wall 17 but also fixing the pipesecurely in position with reference to the burner box, assisted by thepost 32 and bracket 27.

The loop 40 is formed with a notched lug 42 to receive and support oneend of the rod 43 which supports the rear burners 26, such rods beinggenerally used for supporting the burners.

The rear wall 18 of the burner box may have an opening 44 in rear of thepipe 30 for making connections with the supply of gas, and, if desired,the; pipe 30 may extend rearwardly through the opening 44, or otherprovision made for pipe connections.

The forward end of the griddle 19 is supported from the manifold or pipe23, and bracket 27. Thus, an arm or supporting member 45 is secured by abolt 46 or otherwise to the griddle 19 underneath the front cornerportion thereof adjacent to the griddle 20, and said arm extendsdownwardly and forwardly and is formed at its forward lower end with acurved portion 47 to seat snugly on the manifold 23, thereby not onlysupporting thecorresponding corner portion of the griddle 19 but alsopreventing the griddle from being displaced or shifted forwardly orrearwardly when the. portion 47 .str addles the manifold 23, as seen inFig. 7

The bracket 27 is formed with an offset upstanding supporting lug 48 onwhich the other forward corner portion of-the griddle 19 seats, so thatthe forward end of the griddle 19 is supported bythe lug .48 ofthebracket 27 and thearm or-member '45, while the rearend of the griddle 19seats on the flange 22.

The forwardends of tliegriddles 19 and 20 have the dependingaprons orflanges 49 and 50, respectively, to finish off the griddles. Thegriddles also have-depending ribs or flangesfilexten'dingalong andabutting the edge-of the-fla-nge-22, the-rebylimiting the rearwardmovement of the griddles. The griddle 20'has a dependingrib or flange 52extending along and bearingagainst the edge of the flange 21 to preventthegriddle 2O from moving laterally away from the griddle I19, and therib or flange 52 also seats in a notch 53 in theupperend 'of the post32, so that the outer forward corner portion ofthe-griddle20 issupported from the post'32.

The inner edge of the griddleQO is sup ported from the adjacent edgeof-the griddle 19. Thus, the griddle 19 is provided with lips orsupporting portions54-at that edge thereof adjacent to thegriddle 20 andprojecting so as to form seats on which the inner edge portion of thegriddle-20 can rest. Thus, the inner edge of the griddle 2O issupportedby thelips 54,-and the rear end and outer edge of the griddle 20 aresupported by the flanges 22 and 21, respectively, while the outerforward corner portion of said griddle is supported by the post 32. Thegriddle 20 has depending lugs 55 disposed in front and in rearof-theintermediate lip 54 so as to prevent thegriddle 20 from slidingforwardly or rearwardly. A shelf 56.may be providedas usual at the sideof the burner box 16 flush with the cooking top, and said shelf may besupported by any suitable means (not shown) forming no part of thepresent invention.

Notonly does the present construction eliminate the usual cooking topframe, so

pose of repairs or cleaning. The cooking eign matter can accumulate. Ihepipe 30 being secured to the side Wall 17 of the burner box and themanifold or pipe 23 being secured to the bracket 27 will also brace thesidewall 17 to maintain it in vertical position against inward oroutward displacement. \Vhen the griddles are removed there is nothingwhatever at the cooking surface above the burners 26 and mixing tubes 25so that the burners can be readily removed and replaced.

Having thus described the what is claimed as new is 1. In a gas cookingstove, a burner box having an open front, a gas manifold pipe secured tosaid box and extending across the front of the box, said pipe serving tobrace the box, and a cooking top supported at its rear edge by the boxand supported at its front edge by said pipe.

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2. In a gas cooking stove, a burner box- I having an open front, a gasmanifold pipe secured to said box across the front of the box andbracing the box, griddles disposed side by side and supported at theirrear ends by the box, and means supporting the adjacent portions of thegriddles at their forward ends from said pipe.

3. In a gas cooking stove, a burner box having an open front, members atthe opposite sides of said open front rigidly secured to said box, a gasmanifold pipe extending across said open front of the box and connectedwith said members to be supported by and to brace the box, griddlesdisposed side by side and supported at their rear ends by the box, saidmembers having portions supporting the opposite front corner portionsofthe griddies, and means supporting the adjacent front corner portionsof said griddles from said pipe. I

4:. In a gas cooking stove, a body having a burner box, a bracketcarried by the body at one side of said box and having a cap, a gas pipesupported by said box and having one end secured in said cap to beclosed and supported by said cap, and a cooking top supported on saidbox, said bracket having an upstanding lug on which the correspondingportion of said top is seated and supported.

5. In a gas cooking stove, a body having a burner box at one side, saidburner box having an open front and a side wall opposite to the body, abracket secured to the body, a gas pipe secured to said side wall, amanifold pipe secured to said pipe and to said bracket and disposedacross the front of the box and bracing said side wall, and

a cooking top supported by said box, said bracket having a portionsupporting the corresponding portion of said top.

w 6. In a gas cooking stove, a body having a burner box at one side,said burner box having a side wall opposite to the body, a

bracket carried by the body, a gas pipe supported by said side wall, amanifoldpipe connected to said pipe and to said bracket and disposedacross the frontofthebox, a

cooking top comprising a pair of griddles having their rear endssupported by said box, and an arm secured to one griddle and resting onthe manifold pipe, said bracket havinga portion engaging said griddle toassist said arm in supporting-the forward end of'said griddle, saidgriddle and the other griddle having portions fitted together to supportsaid other griddle from the first-named griddle.

7. In a gas cooking stove, a burner box having side and rearwallsprovided with inturned flanges at their upper edges, a bracket mountedat the side of the box opposite to said side wall, a gas pipe supportedby said side wall, a manifold pipe connected at one end to said pipe andat its other end to said bracket, a cooking top composed of apair ofgriddles disposed side by side having their rear ends bearing on theflange of said rear wall, said bracket having a portion supporting thecorresponding forward corner portion of one griddle, and means forsupporting the other forward corner portion of said griddle from themanifold pipe, the other griddle being suported by the flange of saidside Wall and By the first-named griddle.

8. In a gas cooking stove, a body having a burner box at one sideprovided with a sidewall opposite to the body, a gas pipe secured tosaid side wall, a manifold pipe connected at one end to said pipe, and abracket secured to the body and having a cap in which the other end ofsaid manifold pipe is secured to supportand close the last-named end ofthe manifold pipe and to rigidly connect the manifold pipe with the bodyto brace said side wall.

9. In a gas cooking stove, a body having a burner box at one side, saidburner box having a side wall opposite to the body, a member secured tothe forwardedge of said side wall and having an opening, a gas pipeextending through said opening along said side wall, a bracket carriedby said side wall and holding said pipe, a bracket carried by the bodyat the side of said box opposite to said side wall, and a manifold pipeconnected at its opposite ends to the aforesaid pipe and last-namedbracket.

10. In a gas cooking stove, a body having a burner box at one side, saidburner box having side and rear walls provided with flanges at theirupper edges, a member seoured to: said body at the side oftheboxopposite-to-saidside Wall manifold pipe connected atitsopposite ends tothe aforesaid pipe and.last-namedbracket a cooking top composed.ofgriddles disposedside by side and -.having their rear ends seated i onthe flange of therearAW-all, theIlast-named bracket: having ,a portionon which the corresponding forward corner portion'of theradjncentvgriddleisseated, and an arm secured to the other forwardcorner; portion Off SillCl. griddle andihaving a portion seated onisaidrmani fold pipe, then other: griddlebeing supportedby the;first-named griddle Wells, .a; gas manifold,- pipe, extending acrossthefront of the box, means for rigidly supporting said pipe from the boxso that the pipe braces said i side wallof the box, and griddlesextending to v and a supported from said-side-andrear wa-l-ls an clsupported at :their forward ends 3 by said: pipe and supporting means. I

In testimony. whereof I hereunto afiix my 7 signature.

HENRY LANGE.

